# flying things

Zachary DeAquila (zachary@zachs.place.org)
Tue, 21 May 1996 22:24:07 PDT

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    >Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 17:02:45 PDT
    >From: Benjamin Loomis <ben@monkey.sbay.org>
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    >> Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 05:32:22 -0700
    >> Subject: Re: A good set of generic questions...
    >>
    >> At 01:36 PM 5/20/96 -0400, you wrote:
    >> >I guess my point is, Matt; MOOs don't *need* grphics.  Perhaps another
    >> >form, like other VRMLs, but MOO doesn't need to be tarted up with
    >> >graphics and sounds.
    >> >
    >> >You can put wings on a car, set on the runway, drive it real fast, but
    >> >you can't make it fly.
    >> >
    >> >Regards,
    >> >jkw
    >> >Lumper
    >> >
    >Good Analogy.
    >

    I'm reminded of the old engineer's saying 'Anything will fly with
    enough thrust behind it.'  Witness MS Windows.

     --Zachary

    (Zachary@Lambda, JHM, Media, etc)